head off in the morning if the "new york times" had a negative story on the front page because he knew that the decisions we were making were right for the long haul. >> sean: mr. present, it's been an honor to have you. thank you for being with us. >> appreciate. >> sean: president bush, ladies and gentlemen. [ applause ] that is all the time we have left this evening. thank you to everybody in the audience. thank you, mr. president. been a great honor. been a great honor. >> thank you. >> we have an organizational meeting tomorrow and a number of resolutions are going to be offered. i am going to offer one to take us back to the 2008 spending

levels, index that for inflation and that saves $90 million next year alone. >> why not include all spending? >> we have to take on mandatory spending and entitlement programs. that's where the real money is. but this is an important first step and it will demonstrate to the american people that we are serious. if we can do this on discretionary spending which has gone up 21% when the inflation in the overall economy is 3 1/2%. but we have to have the entitlement program debate because that's going to be two-thirds of the budget. >> the discretionary spending is about 37% of our spending. and always if you want 37%, you ask for all of it. let's cut all spending. everyone will say, no, no. and then you say, let's just do discretionary and then everyone's happy that it's 37%. >> in order to get into the mandatory part of the budget,

have you to go into the authorizing committee. the discretionary part is something that congress appropriates for annually and that is shrinking, one-sixth is non-defense discretionary spending and then have you interest on the debt and social security, medicare, medicaid and the mandatory spending -- >> so it's more complicated. >> it is more complicated, yes. >> taxes. we understand that there is a discussion, quote of compromise. how do you compromise on this whole issue? because the democrats say that they want the tax cuts to expire for those making $250,000 and the republicans say no. >> right. >> so where's the compromise possibility? >> i suppose it could be argued that the compromise would be extending everything for a couple of years, two or three years. and we would like to see abthem extended permanently because we believe that businesses, small businesses in particular need economic certainty. right now, they don't have that. there is so much concern about

what is happening in washington and what is going to happen next that it's hard to make long-term decision, when small businesses plan, they need certainty and today, they don't have it. so we think that it ought to be extended permanently. the democrats, of course, would like to extend it just for certain economic levels, but when you have an economic downturn, the worst thing you can do is raise taxeses t. kills jobs. >> the democrats think if you extend it to everyone, theament of money that the treasury will be missing will be devastating to our national economic situation. has anyone done a study to see to what extent, if you take the money that, instead of taking the money from people who make over $250,000 a year, if they re-invest it or supply morions, has anyone tried to compare the two? >> there are a lot of economic models to do that type of analysis. most of the economists, the number was 18 of 31 prominent

economists have said we need to extend the tex relief to create jobs. the cbo has said, if you don't extend the tax relief, it will cost a point and-a-half to half a point of economic growth. i think that's the more compelling arguement. if you want to expand the economy, which is the way we are going to get people back to work and the way we are going to to to deal with many of the deficit/debt issues in the country, we have to expapped the economy. >> we have known since 2001 this tax was going to expire. and now we are up against the line. has any democrat called you from the white house or from leadership in the last month or two months and said, let's talk about this? >> want about that. i have had conversations with democrats. i think the rhetoric -- >> don't you find that appalling? i will tell you why, as a taxpayer/citizen, it's distressing that all of this pressure and the fighting and the juggling and the lines in

the sand and the discussion about who is going to do what when everyone in congress narcotic senate and the white house knew this was going to happen. >> it is not like we didn't know it was coming. >> right. >> we did have votes back in august -- not august, but july and september to try to force this issue. but at that time, the democrats didn't want to talk about it, it was a run-up to the elections, i don't think they wanted to have a big debate on taxes, particularly this one, going into an election. it gets put off. we are now at 11th hour with the uncertainty in the economy about what is going to happen with the taxes on january 1 and nothing's been done. >> this is a good year to die, for your heirs. what are you going to do with estate taxes? >> i would like it to ride on the 2001-2003 tax issue because i think the estate tax has to be dealt with. it's a million-dollar exemption on january 1. think about what that does to a farmer or a ranchener south

dakota. >> it means the family farm can't stay with the family. >> correct. that's another thing that so many folks out there are looking for, they are looking for leadership in the congress and from the president to say, let's solve this and provide certainty so people can make plans. >> in the meantime, we run up against that line? >> lwe do. again, you know, you look at 2001-2003, a number of tax provisions exired that haven't been extended. so if you are doing business in this country, have you absolutely no certainty. now can you make a decision about the future and investment and adding jobs when you don't know what the rules are going to be? >> would you compromise, instead of $250,000, to dplr 1 million -- >> i don't know why have you to create -- >> the answer's no? >> the answer's no. if you believe that the best way to grow jobs and the economy is to keep taxes low and to allow small businesses which are creating two-thirds, three-quarters of the jobs to get out and do that, the worst

thing you can do is raise taxes on them and if you raise them on the higher-income levels, that's what you do. >> good to be with you. >> it is not just the lame duck congress. grif jenkins has his eyed on the incoming congress. the new freshmen class is here. check things out. >> reporter: sunday morning, we are at the official hotel where all the new members of congress will come and stay. the media's been given a pictorial book to identify them. what happens first, the members check in in an office set up for them to announce their arrival. we have a room here for the media where we will be doing interviews with the members that will talk with us and the new members, after they check in in that office, they will go up to the second floor and get their i.d.s, their blackberry, laptops and pact for the week. we are off to the races. >> what do the constituents that put nuoffice want? >> you know, of course, they wantitous quit spending money, more money than we have. they want us to get people back

to work. but i think it's even deeper than that. i think people have felt a complete disconnect from washington, d.c. they no longer see it as a government for and by the people. they see it as a separate entity. >> the american people want the attention focused on them again, not on on... parties, not on just global issues. i think they want to know that congress is focused on their individual needs. >> the fundamental message is that they really want the federal government to get off their backs. they want to be taxed less. they want federal spending to come under control. they are tightening their own belts. they are managing their own budgets and they expect no less from the federal government. i intend to work tirelessly to deliver that promise to them. >> what do you see as a top priority? what are the first things you want to start tackling as soon as you get in your office and start working? >> jobs. i think that all day long, it's

about the economy and trying to turn the economy around, especially the seventh congressional district. we have double-digit unemployment. so it's about job creation and economic development and transportation and infrastructure needs. >> i think the number-1 thing is jobs. and there is a lot tied to that. whether it's spending, taxes. they are allintermingled. >> i ran my campaign on addressing the debt of this country and the spending that we believe is out of control. we look across the country and i think people are expecting some results. we intend to deliver. >> i think the american people, especially the republican party right now to restore confidence and to do their job. if we keep the promises that we made, we will be able to restore confidence in congress. >> we have to remember that you have a democratic senate and a democratic administration in terms of the president. so we have to work with them. and i think that we will reach across the aisle as much as we can and make sure we are doing

things to benefit the american people. >> we have to remember that we weren't put in office because people were enamored by republicans. we were put in office because people were tired of what they saw. we don't own the majority, we are renting it. >> i am an employee. i need to work for the people who hired me. what do i do? listen to them, try to see what i can do to effect the common good. that's not difficult. what makes it difficult is when you add in all the political factors that influence, that's what complicates things. i am going to simplify what i do. >> today, the new members came here to the capitol visitors center, where their orientation began. later, they will be introduced to the house floor, they will attend a welcome reception and elect leadership and attend a class photo. they will receive their office assignments and their work will begin the first week of january. >> coming up, you know this is going to go over like a lead balloon. did you hear what democrat doug

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happen. tonight it is. two democrats going rogue. really rogue. doug schoen and pat worked for presidents and cowrote op ed called "one and done." they tell obama not to run for second term in 2012. why? doug schoen joins us live. doug, why your advice to the president? >> well, we really think he needs to return to the promise of the 2008 campaign, which is to unite red and blue states, liberals, moderates and conservatives. and to focus on the problems of the country, not focus on partisanship, fighting your enemies, flash and burn, scorcher. bring the country together. that is why pat and i wrote the article we did. >> greta: do you blank him for the rank, the democrats versus the republicans in washington? when he ran the president, he ran as they often do as uniters, i'm going to bring the country together and all that jazz. do you blame him for that all

that happened? >> the best point i heard recently is the one you made to senator thune. has the white house reached out to you on taxes to forge a compromise. he said gee, they haven't reached out. you said that angered you as a citizen and most americans feel the same way. he is the one who referred to his opponents as enemies. he said he was going to engage in hand-to-hand combat. that is not the way i think he should govern. i think if he passes on re-election and tries to fulfill the promise and the mandate of 2008, we'll be better off as a country. and as a people. >> greta: what makes the tax issue, though, so profoundly different than any other issue is the fact we knew it was going to expire. tax rates of 2001. had an expiration date of this january. secondly, the democrats controlled the agenda when the tax issue brought to the floor to be discussed.

is there anything else the president could have done and why do you hold him accountable for the fact the parties don't talk? >> i hold both parties accountable. mitch mcconnell made a mistake saying his priority was to make president obama a one-term president. they try to put issue and principle first. the economic problems are the problems internationally, put them first and try to forge a genuine consensus on taxes and something we talked about before. creating private sector jobs. revitalizing our stalled economy. if we focussed on that, we'd be better as a country. that's where we think it needs to happen. >> greta: do you agree it won't happen and agree he will run? >> i don't think anything in politics is locked in sand. we didn't know two years ago

there would be a tea party movement and four years ago that barack obama would be the next president of the united states. never say "never" but we are speaking to a philosophy of governance and an approach to politics and with a he needs to do to unite the country. >> greta: he made a one-term presidency and made a statement. what could any next president do that is different in terms of stopping the grossly divided atmosphere? >> you have to govern with the perspective that it's not who wins and who loses. it's how we benefit the greater good. if we force the compromise on healthcare. if we focus on the private sector job creation or done a deal on taxes earlier. we'd be better off. we had hyperpartisan culture. i blame the democrats and

republicans and i think pat does, too. we fundamentally need a president to stand above politics for us to achief with a we need to as a society. >> greta: doug, thank you. >> thank you so much, greta. >> greta: president obama did blame himself for something. what is it? we tell you. then dick morris goes on the record. plus, another illegal immigration d immigration dust-up. [ le announcer at introduces new windows phone... [ exclaims ] ...with...stage presence. ♪ a new phone witholby surround sound speakers. only from at&t. rethink possible.

>> greta: it's mo secret. two major political parties democrats and republicans are at each other's throats. guess what? the president takes some responsibility. yesterday on air force one, president obama told reporters that during his first two years he focussed obsessively on policy and did not set a

bipartisan tone. he also promised he was going to change his ways moving forward. dick morris joins us live. if you want to check out his website, go dickmorris.com. dick, before we get to the issue of bipartisan, i'm curious on the republican side with the earmarks. is there anything that the republicans can do short of getting rid of the earmarks that is not going to create enormous problem with them, vis-a-vis, tea party activist? >> this is a very important evening, greta. tomorrow morning the republican senate caucus, republicans in the senate, while they are the minority, they still have their caucus and they will hold a vote on banning earmarks. if that passes, no republican on the united states senate, i'm sure lead over to the house will propose any earmarks at all. >> greta: for a period of time? >> bridges of nowhere -- >> greta: moratorium for -- but[ overtalk ] >> greta: is it two years?

they could extend it farther if they want. >> if it passes tomorrow and i think it will, it will go through the government. there are 19 that are undecided. the 19 include mr. john thune who you had on. kyl from arizona, kay bailey hutchison and vitter from louisiana. i have a list of them on dickmorris.com and their phone numbers. there's never been a more important procedural vote before the congress starts than this one. go to the website and look up your senator dickmorris.com and call him and tell him you want him or her to vote against earmarks. this is crucial. huge portion of the deficit,

overspending comes from the earmarks. they're bridges to nowhere. study on what happens when you mix marijuana and morphine, tunnel for turtles, literally projects that are in there. this is a chance to kill them and what john mccain has been pleading for. i hope we pick up the telephone and use it. dickmorris.com. get the list. >> greta: it will be interesting to see if anyone votes to continue the earmark because it probably won't bep popular. >> we have seven now. we said they would. one of them is shocking to me. i campaigned with them. roy blount, the republican congressman senator from missouri. he is voting for earmarks. ridiculous for a republican to do that. >> greta: switch to the other issue. in terms of the president on air force one taking blame for some of the bipartisan rank -- or what he said he focussed more on the policy and not on dealing with the issues of communications i guess is my

shorthand way to say this. is that true or an excuse? >> it's all a put-on, greta. what he has been trying to do and been trying to do since november 3 the day after the election is lay off the blame for his defeat on style not on substance. he just did it again. he said i've been so obsessively focussed on substance i didn't pay attention to the tone in washington. mr. president, it's your substance that got you defeated. it's not your tone. it's not your style. it's healthcare. it's financial regulation. the budget. it's the deficit. it's the stimulus package. it was the substance that got you in trouble. don't worry about the tone. change the substance. >> greta: interesting. a lot of this is laid on fox news, as though fox news has been responsible for this. i've always been curious, fox we like to think that everyone in the country watched fox news and -- we do have a mix

of people who are for things and opposed to people. but the fact is we have about 3 million viewers so there are a lot of people who don't watch fox news who are unhappy with healthcare. that are unhappy with the stimulus program. that is a fact. you know, sort of interesting. how does he turn it around so that he, we've got go years so he's on the winning side? we get unemployment down below 9.6% and that will do it for them? >> don't sell yourself short, greta. at any one moment fox news gets 3 or 4 million viewers. in the course of the day or the week, 35% of the electorate watches fox news several times a week or more. that's an actual survey. it's more than watched tv network news. that's not just fox news. that includes cnn and msnbc but it has a huge impact. the answer to that really is we have two fundamental questions confronting this administration. are we going to bail out the states that are going to

complete for aid or make them solve the problems? are we going to raise taxes or cut spending? those are the two fundamental issues. on those issues, if obama says and does the right stuff he will get re-elected like bill clinton did in 1996. >> greta: the problem for a lot of these things if he does the things that many americans want, it's another way to covertly say i was wrong. it's very hard i think for a lot of politicians to say maybe my idea wasn't the right one. >> bill clinton never really said that. but he certainly did move to the center. he did go with the spending cut and tax cuts that he resisted in the first two years. he was big enough to do it. wonder if obama is. >> greta: we'll see. very interesting in the next few weeks, months and years. dick, thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: next, it looks like the white house is playing favorites. are you one of their favorites? if not, why not? that's minutes away.

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>> greta: is the white house playing favorites? are you a favorite or are you getting the short end of the stick? we report, you decide. healthcare law was supposed to cover everybody. but now health and human services is giving some businesses a pass. h.h.s. is handing out waivers to comply with the rules. why would they do that? we're joined by grasso. good evening. welcome back to washington. >> thank you for having me. >> greta: of the 111 who got waivers does any of those not have a lobbyist? >> you think they have lobbyists and they have

lawyers. they're trying to provide insurance for their employees so they say we're not doing this so the white house waves the white flag. but kathleen sebeliusbe is judge, jury and lord high executioner. >> greta: why do they get waivers? what are they getting the waiver from? >> 1.2 million people covered under these. mcdonald's, red lobster and olive garden but also small companies so they don't have to provide the level of insurance, the high level where the president said there won't be caps on how much insurance. it's since called the myny meds a lot of the fast food places provide. it covered small amount, low

premium but not the sky is the limit. >> greta: they were providing something to employees and the new law said you have to buy more. >> not good enough. >> greta: so they were going to say okay, we'll not do in the pool, throw them in the pool. so the government thought oh, no, we want the people to be in, we don't want them to go in the pool and we'll give them exemption and they don't have to provide coverage that the rest of the nation was getting. >> three states offer the program, because they say it's better than anything. now, the obama administration says we'll give you a one waiver and for 111 companies they have a one-year waiver. >> greta: what happens in a year? >> then they go back and again beg the white house for another waiver for additional year. that is the problem. this is the healthcare patient bill of right. now, they have to get amnesty from the bill of rights and get the exemptions from bill of rights. that is ludicrous. >> there is several aspects to this.

one is the amnesty. but the other thing, too, the whole point of this is everyone will have pretty much the same thing. same deal. now we find out that the ones, the company, good or not a good reason, 111 big companies are getting waivers. they're getting a special deal. it's true that of the 111, they have the lobbyists and lawyers so someone sitting at home with a business with 51 employees, maybe a small business in some community doesn't get this, because he or she can't get the 111 waivers. >> some of these are small companies but there is a new set of regulations to come out. they said we have to offer waivers on that as well. some are labor unions and insurance companies and businesses. across the board it's unfair. unless you have access to the white house, for whatever way you got it, whatever friendships you have there, unless you have that access you won't get away with it. >> greta: what does the white house say to this, do you

think? >> they think it's improving quality -- >> greta: but why they get the waiver. >> it sounds like they want to try to allow people to keep insurance they have. what was the president's original promise. if you have what you like, he said you could keep it. but you but now know 80% of people with small businesses and get insurance through work can't keep what they have unless they have a special friend at the white house to get a waiver. >> greta: thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> greta: speaker pelosi gets backup as we reported, speaker pelosi wants to be the minority leader in the next congress. some democrats are not keen on that idea. however, a group of 31 female house democrats signed a letter supporting pelosi for the job. we go on the record. >> do you support pelosi to be the next minority leader; is that correct? >> i do. >> why? >> you need a strong leader, whether you're in the majority or the minority.

nancy pelosi has been an outstanding speaker. she was effective. we have a diverse caucus. we managed to ecreate probably a variety of folks' views one of the most unified caucuses and in passing legislation, that has been historic. the kind of opportunity it afforded to the public. now we need a strong effective leader again, diverse caucus. that she will head up. she has unique talent in being able to move forward, whether we were in the majority and now in the minority, her talents are even more important. >> greta: you mentioned diverse caucus. indeed you have a diverse caucus. have you managed to -- you managed to herd the cats because it's diverse. however, attribute of leader

is getting the legislation through and making sure you remain in the majority. that didn't happen. reading the american people. now you may have gotten healthcare, but you have now lost your power. >> well, listen, you have 10% up employment in the united state states. you have a public that is angry about that and they have good reason to be angry. lost job, lost healthcare, wages are down. may have had a home foreclosed on and have to maybe tell their kids they can't go to school. it's about their viewing, that what we did with regard to economic policy did not have a direct effect on them. they wablt to see the focus now on jobs and getting the economy right. nancy pelosi can do that. >> isn't that a problem? we have 9.6% unemployment, maybe not as bad as 10%. the idea of the stimulus, manage to marshal through the house of representatives as the speaker, the trend has not

been a good trend. democrats are responsible for the trend since february. would she not been a better leader if she steered to president to a different economic policy or steered her democratic caucus to different economic policy? >> i think what she did was to create the opportunity for an economic policy to move forward. it did not turn the country around in the way that the public was anxious for. i see people every day. they are, there are a number of economists who say we turned the corner. the recession is over. it's not over for the person who doesn't have a job. >> that is my point. blue dog democrats, 60 who lost their seat they might have had a different economic policy than led by nancy pelosi. she is effective dealing with her caucus, but stepping back -- >> very inclusive.

i can't tell you meeting within the caucus over and over. change of consensus. many pieces of legislation because of whether they were moderate or conservative, the legislation was changed. >> is it worth it, though, to lose the house in terms of the majority? >> it's never worth it to lose. but the fact of the matter is there were economic circumstances. led to angry electorate, vis-a-vis, incumbent. they want to set the economy right and they want an economic narrative on how to create jobs and reduce the deficit. >> look at what is coming up after this show on the o'reilly factor. >> greta, is president obama in retreat? and ted koppel goes after me and fox news.

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to find some way to allow the state to continue giving in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens. in so doing, they ignored a critical supreme court precedent and ignored the central issues of the case. we're hopeful that if the supreme court of the united states takes it, it will be easy to overturn the decision. >> greta: the justice in california is one of the most conservative justices on the california supreme court? >> conservative by california standards i suppose you could say. >> greta: now, this law, i think you tried to challenge one as well in kansas; is that true? >> yeah. there was a similar lawsuit in kansas brought in federal court. in federal court, the rules of standing are much stricter. the plaintiffs did not have standing in federal court. this was brought in state court where they had standing.

>> why did you bring it in state court in kansas? i don't want to get too far afield but why that? >> the issue at this point back in 2004 hadn't been tested so there was a reasonable argument that the federal court might grant standing but of course t >> back in 1996, congress passed a federal statute saying that no state can give in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless it wants to give in-state tuition to everyone. congress had been looking at california university which were granting in-state tuition and congress wanted to stop states like california. so here we are, 14 years later and the california supreme court has basically gutted that federal statute that was designed especially to stop what california was doing, giving

in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens. >> who are your clients? are they out-of-state student who is want in-the state tuition? >> they are out-of-state student who is want to be treated equally under federal law. they say that one of the privileges of the u.s. citizenship is not to be treated worse an an alien, especially an illegal alien by any state government of the united states and they argue that federal law says if you give in-state tuto any illegal alien in your state, have you to give it to u.s. citizens. why are we charged three to four times as much to go to college? >> as i understand, the way the california supreme court says, this is a question, not necessarily of residency, but whether you attend three years of high school in california. that's the way the california law is written and that's why this is not unconstitutional. >> yeah. what they did, the united states statute that congress passed in

'96 says, no state can give a public benefit, public post secondary benefit on the basis of residence in the state, which is a fancy way of stay saying in-state tuition. and the california court says, ah ha! because the california statute doesn't use the word residence, maybe it's a loophole. but it swallows the entire federal statute. any state that wishes to play semantic games can say, we will give in-state tuition to our illegal aliens, but we will say if you attended high school in the state, even if you resided in the state while you were attending high school. it's a poorly drafted opinion that the california supreme court has issued today, but the key is, will the u.s. supreme court take it? i am confident if they do, we will prevail on appeal to the u.s. supreme court. >> kr. caller:s, thank you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> next, the best of the rest, former governor sarah palin was the first woman on the republican presidential ticket. and tonight, the governor set

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c'mon! this gate, is not just for trig. it's for no boys go upstairs. she will be downstairs in a minute. >> mom. >> you can text her out there. [ laughter ] i like that. >> most moms can appreciate it on one level or another. >> greta: that time again. yes, new addition to the "on the record" stupid criminal file. this one is a doozie! a woman named bonnie usher has been arrested charged with armed robbery. how did she get caught? this is unbelievably stupid. after allegedly robbing a rite aid pharmacy, bonnie usher got in a car with a vanity license plate, b-usher. yes, the name was literally written on the get-away car. very bad move. what is wrong with some people? listen to this. two 13-year-old entrepreneurs run into a business roadblock. police shut down the bake

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